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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
THE RIVER OF REST.

A beautiful stream Is the River of Rest;
The still, wide waters sweep clear and
cold,
The tall mast crosses star in the west,
A white sale CLEANS in the west worlds
gold;
It leans to the shore of the River Of Rest
The lily-lined shore of the River of Rest.
The boatman rises. he reaches hand,
He knows You WE'LL he will steer you
true,
And far, so far, from all ills upon land,
From hates, from facts that pursue and
pursue;
Far over the lily lined River of Rest
Dear mystical, ina yical River of Rest.
A storied, sweet stream is this River of Rest
The souls of all time keep its ultima e
shore;
And journey you east or journey you west,
Unwilling. or willing, sure footed or sore,
You surely will come to this River of Rest
This beautiful, beautiful River of Rest.
joaquin Miller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

OF fat, with enormous arms as red as
beets, finished off with hard red hands,
with clumsy fingers, always between
fifty or sixty, or else they are slim girls OF
sixteen to eighteen with no fat, more
than is sufficient to round figure, and
with hands that, while they are red, are
byno means stumpy.
Here is mystery. The girls are the
daughters of the firsh-wiyes and are In
proper course of training to be 6sh-wives
themselves. 1t would seem to be the
proper thing to see girls of sixteen, eight
cen, of twenty, of thirty, forty, and so
up. growing in lat and stulnpy red fingers
as they progressed in years. But it is not
so. It is either the slender girl or the
enormous broad woman.
Do they keep on being slender for
certain number of years and tn n in a
night develop into broad women2 Or,
when they get to certain age do they
quit the fish market and stay away from
it till they have widened and broadencd
sufficiently to 90 into the market again
of the. orthodox shape2 AS no one in
times of peace ever saw dead mule the
QucSllOu ID udtuIdily "uae uo-oniSS "a
the mules when they get oldl soin this
case, how is it with the fshwomau2 Why
is it that you only see the two types2
There are many mysteries in nature-too
many.
But slender or ponderous, they know
all aboat fish. They can handle them
with celebrity, and dwell upon their
merits with JUNCTION that would make
their fortunes in any lucrative business
where glib tongue and ready wit is
requisite. And then the fine sarcasm
that follows if you are not satisfied with
her stock and 60 elsewhere. Woe be
unto you if there is anything peculiar
about you--you have been measured be-
forehan and the sore spot in your make
up is mercilessly touched. Fish wives
the world over are noted for sharp
tongues. The Eillingsgate women in
London are abusive, coarsely so, the
French are finer, and therefore much
worse. It is the difference there is be-
tween broadax and rapier. You are
not stunned with vulgar abuse, but you
are made to feel your utter insigniicance.
Toledo Blade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
ReautY in the House.

First and foremost, home should not
be ugly-that is, as the first step toward
the ''beauty resulting" the deformity
must be gotten rid of. To retain the
ugly carpet that won't wear out. aud p lc
rich colored rugs upon it, is poor sense
and poor economy. A Royal Worcester
vase on q bare marble mantel, glarins
white, or elaborately blackcned and
gilded, is as much out of place as a bunch
Of roses in coal scuttle The finest en-
craving or etching will not appear to ad.
vantage upon a white wall. So. even if
the ugly carpet is not worn out, it must
20 to make way for something which, If
it be only ingram, will be soft in color
and inconspicuous in ttcrn. A carpet
which obtru les itself upon notice puts
the rest of the room out of countenance.
The book case cannot hold its own
against it, and the little evidences of
culture shrink into obscurity. Even if
the carpet cost two dollars yard, and
was the result of a long pinch of
economy, if it be ugly, let it go. For
get its cost and face firmly the fact that
YOUR best efforts to attain beauty will
fail as long as there is deformity present.
But it need not go for nothing. Send it
to the auctioneer's sure it is large
shop-and you will often be surprised at
the amount you will rct Give for it. There
are many of the unregencratc who look
only to the mon y value and durability
of an article. who will contend for it and
give you fair price. You might set
the price and order that it be not sold
beneath it. Thvn, if it is returned to
you, send it with whatever scraps of car
pet you have, to a carret weaver, and
have it made into really lovely and
durable rug, at seventy five cents a
square yard-about thirtyive cents
Brussels width. Good HoNsekeepihu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
Picturesque Women of Corfu.

Imagine, for example, this lady clad
in Yoluminous gown of blue satin
worked with flowers, with white lace
covering over her shoulders; an enormous
headdress of white muslin girt by vast
wreath of natural pink roses and orange
blossoms, with ponderous gold earrings
reaching to the shoulders; neckla e aud
bracelets of gold, and thorough breast
plate of antique goldsmi his work. She
is marvellous spectacle, aad sits still
with her brown eyes in fixed stlre,
moving only when absolutely necessary,
and then with the utmost care for her
decorations. Other ladies have towering
coiffures of white aud crimson; dresses
of blue, scarlet or green, and silver
buckles in their shoes; and they are
all dotted with bits of gold. Another
picturesque detail is the old Greek
feminine headdress of crimson skull
cap, with a gold coroual, from which a
thick gold tassel hangs at one side.
Civilization has ousted this pretty and
becoming headdress from Athens and
Greek cities. tile Year Round.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Marriage in Holland.

An Amsterdam correspondent writes:
Until the betrothal of the young lady has
been announced she remains the snle
charge of her father and mother, and she
makes acquaintances always in the pres:
ence of third party. The Holland
young lady does not 60 to the theatre
with a gentleman who has been intro
duced to her a week before, neither does
she vary her beau to suit her dress or
complexion. Unmarried daughters in
this country are chaperoned to all places
of amusement; even dancing parties are
interspersed with songs, recitations, etc,
for the amusement of the elders of the
family, who sit around tables, socially
slipping their coffee, wine, or other
favorite beverage, while the younger
members glide over the waxen floor to
the ftful strains of music. Here the
young must make the best of their op-
portnnities, for when it pleases the
parents to seek the quiet soace of the
home the daughters also quit the gayety
of the ballroom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
Pigeon F,ycrS.

The public is but little aware Of the
wide and increasing attention devoted
to homing pigeons, and hence brief
paragraph on the subject may be accept
able. There are several societies or
"fcderations' las they arc calledJ thus
engaged, and the executive committee
OF the New York pigeon flyers recently
held an important meeting. One of the
objects is to form a congress Of pigeon
flyers, and a constitution and bylaws
are to be prepared for the next annual
meeting. g.-New York Mail and Erf fress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
THE HOME DOCTOR.
d,hnpned HanUR,

The following very simple direction is
recommended. ITO keep the hands
smooth they should always be rinsed in
fair water after soap has been used. 1t
Is we'll to use soap and soft warm water,
avoiding, however, the use of yellow or
bar soap, and also the colored CASTLE;
but to prevent roughness it is absolutely
necessary the hands should be rinsed in
soft, fair water, and then made thorough
ly dry on the towel. And it is we'll to
avoid going out in the cold directly after
washing. A proper observance of these
directions will always keep the hands
smooth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
An Electric Rock.

A very peculiar property ha, recently
been discovered in the rcck of q noun.
tain seven miles from the town of Santa
Cruz. This rock is heavily charged
with ele tricity, and when applied to
a battery was found to produ strong
electric currents. A small handful Of
this rock appli.d to a battery gen
Grated sufficient electric force to ope.
rate the battery for three weeks. -Gaaa--
piNe (Fta.( Adr0cdtc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
will Wear Knee Breeciies.

A gentleman OF this city, it is an
nounced, is seeking to interest fifty gen.
t!cmen in the adoption of knee b eeches
and their accompan 'ments as more con-
venient and graceful apparel than the
pantaloons nov worn. At last accounts
twenty-five had agreed to go into the
"rerorm." We heard Il gentleman say
fifty years ago, in spanking of Mr.. JEFF
ferson's persistency in wearing "short
clothes" long after they had gone out of
fashion, that he so admired them that he
could not conceive of a man thus clothed
being guilty of mean action.-Chicago
.Stn11dr9.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

Put the first three in a mortar and rub
them up thoroughly for several minutes.
then add the myrrh, previously softcned
with glycerine and alcohol. Make into
200 pills. The dose is one pill, three
times day, after meals. This is the
best combination we have ever used in
the treatment of anemia, chlorosis, neu-
rulgia, c,c.--HsnlM md lone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
Paris Fish-WiycS.

The fish women are either built upon
the general principle of Dutch vessel,
very broad, with an enormous head and
no neck, the head being anchored Sc
curcly between the shoulders and wag-
ging there as though set loosely in a bed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02
oo Alfrod Tnwnscnd saws that

George Alfred Townsend says that
General Grant could stand very little
LIQUOR. If he took glass of wine it be-
came a cloud upon his otherwise clear
faculties. ''Grant was one of the few
men in whom nature had worked so
healthfully that his system could never
contain liouor without mutiny.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett gives
the following directions for writing a
novel: "You must have pen, ink and
paper Use the first with brains, the
second with Imagination, and the third
Ia generosity"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

The most heavily-enlowcd educational
institutions in the United States are
Girard College, $40, 900; Columbia,
$500, 900; Johns Hopkins, 81, 900, 900;
Har arl, $1,000, 900; Princeton, $3,.
$40, 900; Lehigh, $1,000, coo; Cornell
S1,400,0 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

The oldest institution Of the Lutheran
Church in America is Hartwick Semi
nary, near Cooperstown, n. 7.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

Colonel IIigginson thinks that men as
o general rule arc, if anything, more
IL, r"ous than women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-02

Mix with great care in porcelain ves-
81. Apply with friction for about ten
minutes three times day, piece the
size of a pea, to 4he region of the mastoid
process, in cases of deafness due to ex-
udation into the labryntk. If the skin
becomes reddened omit the application
for day or two.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01

growth and keep down weeds. Trclliscs
or supports for sweet peas and climbers
must he provided. Ncrbenas in beds ere
ready for pcgging down this month. If
fall pansicS are wanted SOW he seed the
latter part of June. When healthy plants
in the border begin to turn yellow and
stop growing dig down for the grub worm
that is the probable cause of trouble and
kill it. During the present month, Gfter
the hybrid perpetual roses have lowered,
many gardeners shorten in the branches,
believing that the plants will flower more
freely in the fall in consequence.
A watch should be kept for the sprouts
and shoots that start out from roses, from
lilacs and other shrubs, and be removed
as soon as they appear, in order to prevent
enfeebing the lants. For slugs ON roses,
dry slakcl LINE sprinlllcd over the foliage
while wet with dew is one of the easiest
remcdic. t. @,ply and tolerably cilectual.
Sprayinc i,2 plant with Il solution of
whale oil up. in the proportion Of half n
pound t. four gallons ofwatcr. is much
surer. Thc raYGI Of the rose bug, which
makes is appearance shout the middle OF
June, can Bc prevented by shaking OF
brushing the insects Off each day and burn
ing or otherwise destroying Them. Sphinx.
ling the bushes with buhoch or Persian in
sect powder is also clicacious.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
The Carrot as n Field Crop.

Not a few of our progressive farmers
are adopting n practice common among
English aGricuiturists and growing car
rots rs Il field crop. They believe that
there is no better root for cows and horses,
sheep and oxen. Fed in connection with
hay or grain carrots seem to increase the
value Of the latter. That is, the carrot
itself not only contains much nutriment,
but it appears to cause the other food to
digest more perfectly, 50 that little or
none is wasted. ';his is certainly the case
with grain AS substitute for hay car
rots prevent constipation when much dry
food is used Like oil meal they brighten
up the coats of animals, giving sleek,
glossy look. Carrots also improve the
color and quality of milk and butter
When cooked they are good for poultry,
and fed either cooked or raw they are val
liable for hogs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
THE FIDELITY BANK FAILURE,
The President and Cashier in Jail-Con
trOller Trenholm in Charge.

CINCINNATI, o., June 23.-Vice Presi-
dent Harper and cashier Hopkins of the
Fidelity bank, spend tonight in Jail,
their bondsmen having surrendered them.
Assistant cashier Baldwin's boudsmen
stuck to him. j. +. Wiltshire the broker
who took the checks of Fidelity bank to
Chicago to try to hold up the market, was
arrested to-day, charged with aiding and
abetting in the wilful and unlawful mis-
application of the funds of the bank. He
readily gave bonds in $1,000
When United States Controller Tren.
holm took possession of the bank to-day he
instituted sweeping change. All the
clerks employed by Bank Examiner Pow
ell were relieved aud Trenholm's own
men were put in. The directors and Off
Gel of the bank were excluded and the
work of exposing the ruins proceeded
rapidly.
Trenholm says his suspicious were
aroused in April when he discovered from
the reports in his Office that the Fidelity
had reserve" accounts of eighty country
banks and that its Indebtedness to other
banks was very large.
Eugene Zimmerman, who is regarded as
Harper's special friend and was made his
assignee has resigned that trust aud his
resignation has been accepted thinner
man found the assets at not more than
$4,000 where they had been rated at
nearly 81 100000.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01

1t goes without saying that we are SUI
perstitious. We plant our potatoes by
the dark of the moon, and weknow many
charms for sickness better than medicine.
The negroes are like their race every
where. In Louisiana you are hoodooed
in Arkansas you are conjurcd. And do
you know what good conjurer can do to
you? OF course he can blight your crops,
kill your cattle, make mess of your love
affairs; but he can do more; he can throw
lizards into yCul Now if there IS any
thing more disagreeable than lizards for
Internal companions, | don't know it; they
are worse than guilty conscience, and it
is not surprising that they usually kill
"conjuredn persons in three months.
Henry says; "lIeap er folkses conjured on
the yon side the creek. Old man $,
he does it, He does it outon meanness,
He longs to der church, an de pastor he
reasoned wild i'm bout it; but he lowed
he got 'surrancc er salvation anyhow,
and he wouldn't listen ter 'mn'-Arkan-
sas Letter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
CHLoRoFoRMED AND ROBBED.
Burglars Succ essfully Raid House Full
of BOarders-A Bold Crime

CHICAGO. June 24-The police are in
vestigating one of the boldest burglaries
that has been brought to their notice in a
long time. Tuesday night big boarding
house at No. 7G4 Claybourne avenue was
raided and 20 boarders were choloformed
aud robbed The thieves went into the
rooms one after another by means of
plnchers and false keys, and after chloro-
forming the boarders robbed them at their
leisure The latter are mostly employees of
a street railway ompany-cOnductor and
drlVers-and nearly all of them are early
rlsers. They are awakened ordinarily by
alarm clocks, but Wednesday morning
they did not get up until they were aroused
by servants some hours after they ought
to nave been at work. It required good
deal of shaking and calling to rouse some
OF them. All complained of violent head
aches, and it was soon discovered they
had been robbed and chloroformed The
robbers did not find the bank rolls of the
conductors. The value of the plumber
secured aggregates several hundred dol
lars
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
CARTRIDGE Released.

BRATTLEBoRo, June 24.-Jake Cartledge.
arrested Wednesday as an accessory be.
fore the fact in the murder of Helen A.
Burt was discharged today. A rigid ex-
animation had convinced the Judge and
counsel tor the State that the prisoner had
nothing whatever to do with the murder
CARTRIDGE testified that Sugland told
and wanted the witness to 90 to the river
and watch to see if the body came down,
which he did on Saturday night.
Instead of Il session of the court TODAY
there was funeral in the court room over
the remains of Sugland, the expense being
borne by the town, the Masonic lodge OF
Springfield to which he belonged declin
ing TO take charge of the remains. Uni
versallst Pastor lllman OBLIGATED. The re
mains were taken to Vernon for burial
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
LARGE FIRE In CHICAGO,
OVER 81, 100000 OF PROPERTY GONE
UP IN SMOKE.
The Property of the Chicago Packing
and Provision Company-Several Peo-
pie Injured and one Killed
Hundreds of Hogs Burned.

CHICAGO, June &c A million and a
quarter of dollars went up in smoke at
the union stock yards to-day Early this
morning an employe of the Chicago Pack
ing and Provision company discovered
fire in the tank room. In a few moments
the tank exploded, scattering burning
lard over the adjacent building. A dozen
separate fires were soon competing with
each other in the destruction of the inn
mense establishment. Though the fire
Nvas struck out this evening Az hours
after il started the smouldering emOerS
continued to laden the air with fumes OF
roast pork and the iive-acre oven Will re-
main on the premises red hot for at least
a couple days.
The burned territory contained four
large buildings, the main building 300 by
475. Except the curing room IN which were
100000 pounds of short ribs, the main
building and contents are a total loss
we're used for killing purposes. In the
warehouse were 1000 barrels of mess
pork belonging to Armour g. Co. The
building and much of the pork was wholly
destroyed, and about 1000 live hogs were
in the building when the fire started but
most OF them were got out Between 600
and 200 hogs burned alive. Back of the
main building was the fertilizing factory,
100 feet square and the engine house so by
80 feet Both structures burned com.
pletely.
While number of men were inside the
main building one of the division walls
fell seriously injuring five men. Fireman
Michael Murphy died tonight.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01
THE SHARP TRIAL.


Evidence against the 'Boouie hihg'
New York, June 24-There was an
other sensation in the Sharp trial this af.
ternoon. On Wednesday. the defense
virtually admitted there lad been bribery
in the 1884 Board of Aldermen, but de
med that the prosecution had established
Sharp's connection with the Illegal tran
sactions, Ncoll smiled significantly at
the time, and the meaning of his humor
was seen when eX-Alderman James Pear
son of the Doodle board entered the court
room about o'clock. Instantly the re
ports were spread that Pearson had fol-
lowed Mlller's example and "peached"
When Pearson was placed on the stand
Sharp, for the first time during
the trial looked startled and I'M
easy. Peaison's face was flushed
and he seemed much agitated,
Sharp turned pale as the witness pro.
ceeded to give most damaging testimony
in answer to District AttorneylMartne' 5
questions:
He testified that he knew William II.
Moloney and Jacob Sharp that he was at
his store Nov. 20 and that Jacob Sharp
came there alone in the early part of the
evening, about ) O'Clock.
Sharp asked him if he could meet
Moloney at S o'clock and also told him
there would be meeting of the board on
the next morning and that Moloney
would have the call, He asked him
if he would sign it and he said
he would. He met. Maloney on TWEEN
ty-third street, opposite the Fifth avenue
hotel about s o'clock. Maloney showed
him the call for IA special meeting and
they went into the reading room of the
Fifth avenue and when hs signed it there
were about six or seven other names
there. He attended the meeting of the
board the next morning and voted for the
resolutions of the board in favor of the
Broadway Surface railroad.
Mr.. MARITIME sat down with triumph
aut smile. Parsons, on the part of the de-
fense offered a few feeble remarks about
the witness being examined be-
fore the Senate committee The
only question asked by the defense
was to lnterrogate Pearson if he was eX-
amined before the Senate committe. He
answered in the affirmative and was then
excused. AS soon as he was released ne
rushed out of the court room.
\. 3. Parker, paying teller of the Broad
| way National bank testified that he cash
| ed check of Sharp's in favor of Rich
| mond for Sl55,SS9 81 ind another for S14,
600 payable to Sharp himself. The money
Was given in 10000 bills. The witness the
same day certified four checks for
the following amounts: S206 204, $50, 00O
$4,000 and ST, 1866 IS. Receiving teller
Adams of the same bank testified that on
the same day Sharp deposited a check for
SSH ,315 Court then adjourned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01


Killing ro.3toes has been practiced from
time out OF date, and represents today
the most popular mode of culture for the
tubers. In the face of this widespread
practice, however, some of our most trust
worthy and careful eXperimentcrS claim
that fiat culture, under ordinary cOndi.
tons, gives the best results. Prominent
among the advocates of fiat culture, not
only for potatoes, but for corn, is Mr.. T..
s. CGrman. editor of The Rural New
Yorker. In recent issue of The Country
Gentleman is given the report Of Il thor
ough trial of the killing and flat modes of
culture, in which it is stated that fiat cul-
ture gives from - to 20 per cent. more
than the hills. Among cultivutors who
have corroborated the above opinion is
Mr.. 7. f. Plat, of Fairfield county, Conn,
who experiments annually on some 300
varieties, and who states in The Country
Gentleman that he finds the crop much
larger with flat culture.